CVE-2008-1658

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1658
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-11 10:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Policykit 0.6 All All All
Application Freedesktop Policykit All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: PolicyKit-0.6-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:087 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
15295 – format string vulnerability in password input af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.freedesktop.org
PolicyKit Grant Helper Password Handling Local Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Bug #205037 “policykit or policykit-gnome do not work with passw...” : Bugs : policykit package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Fedora update for PolicyKit - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PolicyKit - Toolkit for controlling privileges for system-wide services af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gitweb.freedesktop.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
PolicyKit - Toolkit for controlling privileges for system-wide services MITRE gitweb.freedesktop.org
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